Laptimes Posted On the Web?

[ecumike]

Yeah, but that's php!  YUCK!!!! J/K ;)

What's wrong with PHP? It's free and good. Don't tell me you like ASuckyP.

[Super Dave]

Ok, I never seem to be able to vote on these things...

I'd like to have the info on the web.  

One, it would be good for someone to do some research...and it would give some off site spectator appeal.  Hey, I try my children on the AMA website during race weekends.  I can see what's happening, etc.

This IS club racing.  You would expect that anything like this would be done first at the FUSA level.

Racing IS expensive.  Believe me, as expensive as it is now, it will only get more expensive if you keep up with this.  Technology changes, and you've got to have tire warmers.  Nice little on board lap timers are still less expensive and more reliable than any girl friend or buddy on the pit wall...Getting the lap times from CCS...well, what good is that going to do you...if you really were using the times to gauge change...you'd have it on board, ride, make suspension changes, and then you'd see the results first hand on your timer in a couple laps.

Things are bad, but they are better.  They are making efforts to get stuff out quicker.  They are using new software, and there are some little teething problems.  

The alternatives are: start your own series, race someplace else, or stay with CCS and offer some alternatives for change.  Over the course of several years, I've gotten several rules changed.  It can be done.  But nothing is easy.

[Mark Bernard]

I had "pre Registered for a week and a half in advance.

That was your problem... Your pre-entry HAS to be in the office 2 weeks before race day. Not a week and a half. Hope this helps a little.

[r1owner]

Also has anyone ever thought maybe the program they use CANT do web insertion for lap times?

If it can print, then it should be able to provide a flat file.  If not, they can use a cheap tool like CutePDF to create a PDF that can easily be posted to the web.

[lil_thorny]

Also has anyone ever thought maybe the program they use CANT do web insertion for lap times?

Hmn Hmn heh heh heh....

He said "insertion"...  heh heh heh.

[CCS854]

Smoke
  "An error occured"and my vote couldn't be counted.  FWIW I would like times to be posted...I guess that's NO I don't mind?  The gripes about WERA's system was over the last minute announcement at the beginning of the season that racers were going to be required to buy the units; however, the printouts have been universally applauded for the information supplied.  Mylaps.com doesn't just show your times, it virtually re-constructs the race, showing times for all riders on each lap.  Of course those fantasy lap-time claims are a thing of the past  ;)

[Chuck]

Might as well get a lap timer at that point if you have to buy the transponder or whatever.

[tzracer]

You should have a lap timer or a helper with a watch and a pit board.

Having lap times posted on the web is not much of a benefit. I guess it is ok to print out and put in a scrap book, but not much help while you are at the track. On board timers are the best, you get instant feed back on any changes (your bike or your riding) you have made. Stop watch and pit board is next, but with a 1 lap delay. Seeing a list of times after you come off the track would be last. Don't get any feed back until you come off the track.

[smoke]

its not just about lap times.  Buying a lap timer is no the issue as most of us have then or just got one.

A few people hit the nail on the head.  If your lap times were posted then the final results would be included.  nice I am still a noooooob I did not know that others had offered to write the code to and host /post the results.  I was going to offer to do the same thing on a site of my own or who evers.  There has got to be a way to work this out as too many people ask the same questions about it and nothing ever gets done about. so we all can keep yaping about, forget about it, or ask for copies of the reace results and do it.

[motomadness]

If we all owned our transponders, we could streamline this system.  My thought is that now you have a consistent way to organize the data.  Even if we didn't own our own transponders, if we could just get the same transponder everytime, the same organization of the data would be easily facilitated.  I don't this is what happens in the AMA, but they only have four classes, no big deal there.

I think this could be easily done as long as there are enough transponders.

[cstem]

I saw a few things here I would like to address.  I did not know that some regions are not posting lap times. Here in the SW and PA regions,  lap times are posted when the opportunity arises, that means as they can since it is really not  a prioity- getting the grid sheets out is.  They do get posted by the grids eventually.  If you are asking for them fifteen seconds after you exit the practice session- yes- you will probably get yelled at an in the SW region the nice ladies there will probably pull out your chest hair too.  If your region does not post them at all- mention this to the race director at the riders meeting.  He should be able to get this done barring any shortages of people,paper or toner.

Second, did they stop making stopwatches?  I am sure a few people remember when they had them on wrist watches- even microwaves!  I bet if you went to an antique store you could find one for cheap.  They even had digital ones!  Point is quit being lazy  spoiled brats, spend less you amatuer year (no big trailers, flashy paint etc) and buy a stopwatch.  bribe a freind or fellow racer to take some times for you.  Next thing you all will want is CCS to provide telemetry since you are unsure when you use the brakes!  Seriously, if your region does not post times at all- this can be easily addressed. You could even volunteer to tape them up!  If you get nowhere with this through your race director- call Kevin.

[HeHateMe]

Laptimes ..whatever...all I know is I've call six time and sent to faxes to de register for 6 races in the begining of April. I also asked that when someone recived my Voice mail and refunded the moneie to my acct to get a confriming e-mail or call....As of today...not done yet...now what I am supposed to do dispute them on my CC....this is a little crazy